Living Room • 15 Central Park W Unit 11L, New York, NY 10023
The floor divides into distinct material zones. Reclaimed oak planks border strips of unlacquered brass. Heavy gauge steel plates define circulation paths. These floor materials visibly age with use.
One long wall features alternating panels. Limewash plaster meets unlacquered copper sheets. Saddle leather panels complete the sequence. Each wall surface develops a unique patina.
This room displays the active record of time's passage.
Design Philosophy
This design explicitly records time's passage. A material narrative unfolds across every surface. Ordered decay is not random but a deliberate part of the design. Each material distinctly marks its own history.
Spatial Narrative
Your eye travels across the divided floor planes. Steel inlays physically mark circulation paths. You settle onto furniture, noticing the division between new and aged materials.
Light Study
Morning light streams through expansive windows. It illuminates the unlacquered brass inlays on the floor. Evening spotlights enhance the textured patinas on the wall panels.
Living Vignette
A hand brushes lightly over the cool, developing verdigris on a copper wall panel. Footsteps echo precisely on the heavy gauge steel floor path.
Material Palette
Limewash plaster: It feels cool and matte. It develops a soft, chalky patina over time.
Unlacquered copper: It feels smooth and metallic. It gains a greenish-blue verdigris with exposure.
Saddle leather: It feels supple and firm. It darkens, softens, and develops a rich sheen with use.
Heavy gauge steel: It feels cold and hard. It scuffs, polishes, and rusts subtly from foot traffic.
